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1. Add MS 10337

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Title:
The virginal book of Elizabeth Rogers, 1656, containing many almaines, marches, corrantes, airs, etc., in score, with the names of the composers
Scope & Content:
passim. 'Elizabeth Rogers hir Virginall booke: February the 27, 1656;' with an index to the contents in the same hand; before 1656. Consists of arrangements of songs, dances, etc., for that instrument, mostly anonymous, the music being written on two staves of 6 lines each. A leaf (v. Index) is ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

2. Add MS 14396

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A collection of compositions by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Franz Xaver Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Felix Mendelssohn and Sigismond Neukomm.
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-13v. Franz Xaver Mozart: "Ich bin der erste Buffo", op. 13. Aria, with symphonies and accompaniments for flutes, oboes, horns, clarinets, drums, and strings, in score, composed in 1808 for a private performance of his father's "Der Schauspieldirektor." Autograph. It was written for the com...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:

1 volume

3. Add MS 17799

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Title:
Masque of "Cupid and Death," written by James Shirley, with music by Matthew Locke and Dr. Christopher Gibbons, and played before the Portuguese Ambassador, in 1653, and a transcript of this volume, enables a subsequent presentation at the Military Ground in Leicester Fields, in 1659.
Scope & Content:
Music: Masque of Cupid and Death by M. Locke. Matthew Locke, composer: "Masque of Cupid and Death, " etc. 'Cupid and Death: a Masque by J[ame]s Shirley, 1653.' Presented before the Portuguese Ambassador, on the 26th of March of that year. The music by Matthew Lock and [Christopher] Gibbons. Th...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1659
Extent:
1 of two volumes (36 folios)

4. Add MS 27932

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A collection of arias, songs, hymns, airs, and other melodies
Scope & Content:
passim. Arias, etc., with a figured bass for harpsichord (except where the contrary is stated), in score; first half of 18th cent., etc. 1. 'A soldier and a sailor' [from 'Love for love,' by John Eccles, 1695]. f. 3b. 2-4. Three arias, the first with an additional violin part, from 'Rinaldo,' by...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume

5. Add MS 29248

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Title:
Marcantonio Cesti: 'La Dori', opera
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'La Dori': Opera, consisting of prologue and three acts, by Marcantonio Cesti, 1663. The instruments employed in the introductory sinfonia, the ritornellos, and the accompaniment to the concluding sextet are evidently strings, the recitatives, airs, etc., being accompanied by a figured bass for h...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
after 1663
Extent:
1 volume (82 folios)

6. Add MS 29370

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A collection of songs, excerpts from operas, and an anthem, by by Dr. Thomas Augustine Arne
Scope & Content:
ff. 8, 20, 113b. Songs, by Dr. Thomas Augustine Arne, with instrumental accompaniments, in score; mid 18th cent. 1. 'The kind appointment Cœlia made': cantata, with flutes, oboes, and violins, f. 8. 2. 'A wretch, long tortured with disdain': cantata, with horns, flutes, oboes, and violins, and a...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mid 18th century
Extent:
1 volume

7. Add MS 29801

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Two sketch-books of musical compositions by Ludwig van Beethoven, containing the first ideas and rough notes of many of his completed works. Autograph.
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ff. 1-37. 'Beethoven. Skizzenbuch. B': consisting almost exclusively of 'Skizzen zu den 'Ruinen von Athen,' with a few (ff. 11, 11b) 'zu 'König Stephan.' Both these works were produced at Pesth, 9 February, 1812. Three leaves have been lost. About 1811].{c.f. letter of Dr. F. Kaiser (18/6/1962; ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
c 1781-1811
Extent:
1 volume

8. Add MS 29802

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Title:
Franz Schubert: Die Verschworenen, oder Der Häusliche Krieg. Orchestral score.
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'Die Verschworenen,' oder 'Der häusliche Krieg ': Opera in one act, with symphonies and accompaniments for flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, horns, trumpets (clarini), drums, trombones, and strings, in score, by Franz Peter Schubert, April, 1823. Autograph, signed and dated April 1823. At the ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
1823
Extent:

1 volume (209 folios)

9. Add MS 29997

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Title:
Sketches of musical compositions by Ludwig van Beethoven, including C sharp minor quartet, Op. 131, composed in 1826.
Scope & Content:
Sketches of musical compositions in the hand of Beethoven. The volume may be divided into two portions, of which the former (ff. 2-5) contains what appear to be sketches of the C-sharp minor quartet, op. 131; and the latter, miscellaneous sketches, most of them apparently dating from the end of ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and German
Date Range:
Early 19th century
Extent:

1 volume (42 folios)

10. Add MS 30246

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Title:
Selected vocal pieces, in score, by Gioacchino Antonio Rossini. Autograph.
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-6b. 'Dall' Oriente'; for treble, 2 tenors, and a bass, with pianoforte accompaniment, in score, by Rossini. Autograph. 1823. Dedicated to the Countess Sant' Antonio. ff. 7-1 3b. Song ['Il pianto delle Muse in morte di Lord Byron,' 1824], for a tenor voice, with a sextet (? Muses) and 3-pa...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1st half of 19th century
Extent:

1 volume (27 folios)